In 2002, of the 66 non-government schools in Tasmania, 48.5% (32 schools) were located in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 27.3% (18 schools) in the Northern Region and 24.2% (16 schools) in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
The Greater Hobart-Southern Region had 57.1% (12 schools) of Tasmania's total non-government primary/secondary combined schools.
There was only 1 non-government special school, and this was located in the Northern Region, in the Meander Valley local government area.
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, Tasmanian local government areas - 2002(a)
|
| | Primary | Secondary | Primary & secondary combined | Special | Total |
Local government area |
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
|
Greater Hobart-Southern |
| Brighton | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Central Highlands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clarence | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Derwent Valley | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glenorchy | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Hobart | 3 | 1 | 7 | - | 11 |
| Huon Valley | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Kingborough | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| Sorell | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southern Midlands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tasman | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 16 | 4 | 12 | - | 32 |
| | | | | | |
Northern | | | | | |
| Break O'Day | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dorset | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flinders | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Town | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Launceston | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | 12 |
| Meander Valley | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Northern Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| West Tamar | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| | | | | | |
Mersey-Lyell | | | | | |
| Burnie | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Central Coast | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Circular Head | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Devonport | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Kentish | - | - | - | - | - |
| King Island | - | - | - | - | - |
| Latrobe | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| West Coast | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 5 | - | 16 |
Tasmania |
33
|
11
|
21
|
1
|
66
|
|
(a) Includes head campus information only. Subsidiary campuses are not included.
- nil or rounded to zero
Source: Department of Education, Science and Training. |